July 5, 200818 yr Count me in. In fact, I know they don't, and more specifically, the people granting scholarships do not. Raceland, until this past school year, used the 94-100 - A, 85-93 - B, and so on. This past school year they changed to 90-100 - A, 80-89 - B, and so on. This was done because most of the other schools in the area was using this scale and Raceland students were missing out on academic specific scholarships. Students from other schools who had an "A" in a class with a percentage of 92% was getting the scholarship because the student at Raceland had a "B" for that same 92%. I was told by teachers and counselors that colleges and Scholarship boards were only looking at the letter grade, and not the percentage. We just visited a college and they don't do it this way. They said they even sometimes look at individual test scores (cursory glance) to see if the students takes assignments off, regardless whether they get overall "A's" or not. My daughter's jaw dropped, it was funny. They also look heavily at your schools profile sheet (classes taught, what levels, like AP, and extra curricular activities, grade scale, etc) and especially at class ranking. The profile sheet can tell the college how difficult the school is, and is included with all transcripts. They also keep profiles on every school they've received kids from as a future reference. The class ranking takes into account if some schools are easier than others, and measures how you compare to your peers. Having said all that, why doesn't everyone just do it the same. All should use the +/ system.
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